- August 16, 2021
- Rachel Sharer
The Great Klondike Gold Rush
Although it only lasted three years, the Klondike gold rush had profound and lasting effects on land, economic development, and native communities.
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- April 4, 2023
- Ian Spangler
Meet LMEC’s 2023 Small Grants Awardees
Keep an eye out for updates on these exciting research projects!
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- March 9, 2021
- Rachel Mead
Showtime in Downtown Boston
Tonight we’re diving into our recently digitized Boston Redevelopment Authority Collection with a Map Show and Tell event—here’s a sneak peek of a map that we’ll look at
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- May 18, 2021
- Garrett Dash Nelson
Roll the tape with Moviemaps
Our new video interactive takes you on a tour of historic objects that you can control yourself
Read more- January 4, 2021
- LMEC Staff
Roaring Twenties Countdown
These maps from our collections, one for each 20s decade starting in 1520, helped us count down to New Years 2021
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- April 29, 2021
- Rachel Mead
Riding along the mail route map
Our map bot found some treasure buried at the post office
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- September 13, 2023
- Zoe Colimon
Pride and Progress: A Journey Through Boston’s LGBTQ+ Safe Spaces
Through a network of safe spaces, the LGBTQ+ community of twentieth-century Boston forged connections and navigated adversity together. Exploring the timeline of these places and spaces reveals how a true sense of community can facilitate progress against all odds.
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- September 24, 2020
- Rachel Mead
Public Lands Day
Public lands are important to celebrate, but we should also think about who owned them first
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- June 23, 2021
- Rachel Mead
Pride Month at LMEC
Taking a look at the rainbows of our collection
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- August 12, 2022
- Kyler Hoogendoorn-Ecker
Pictorial Maps of Americana
What can pictorial maps from the mid-twentieth century tell us about American identity?
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